Ship Hotel, Chichester, Hampshire

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Service was slightly off-beam but well-meaning and a comfortable night was followed by a great breakfast

Chichester has a lot going for it: a gorgeous 12th-century cathedral, the UK’s largest inland harbour, and a fine chocolate shop – Montezuma’s in East Street. Now it has a smart boutique hotel; the only hotel, in fact, within the old city walls.

The Ship, a Georgian townhouse with Robert Adam interiors, was bought last year by the company that also runs The Place in Camber Sands and the Bell in Sandwich. The hotel is still being renovated but the lobby, with its wonderful Adam staircase, and the bar and brasserie have been Farrow & Balled and decorated in the